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28th April 1978
28th April 1978
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Pained expression

The Secretary of State for Transport has been joined on the fence by the Road Haulage Association on the tachograph issue....

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ugh court

• own on ightweight eville-Charrold, Ltd of ansfield Notts, manufacrers of the Ultralite tipping Idy, brought proceedings in...

BURDEN TURNS NFC PROFITS TO £9.5m LOSS

investment would be non profit earning. The corporation increased its total business and improved its trading profit in 1977....

National Freight Corporationi 1976. Freightliners' loss went out from £1.5m in 1976 to £1.8m last year.

All of the NFC's other companies grouped together reduced a £5.3m loss to a £2.6m loss. The estimated trading loss for 1978 is...

BR aggression

DESPITE what appeared to be an olive branch from British Rail chairman Peter Parker last month, the board's publicity...

Tachos OK says RHA

ROAD Haulage Association policy on tachographs is not to support compulsory fitting — but not to object to the instrument...

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German increase on trailers

CO-OPERATION quotas agreed with the West German Government are to be extended to include unaccompanied trailers and...

Up for grabs

NEW allocations of international road haulage permits I been granted by West Germany and France in addition to e Italian...

COMMUTERS BEAT COLLAR

NOTTINGHAM motorists beat the E790,000 zone and collar traffic restraint experiment by changing travel patterns, driving...

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IRING Freight Transport 3ciation president Ian lips has called for British sport to think big and Lively about itself.

waking at the ciation's annual dinner at ..ondon Hilton on Monday, uggested a start could be e by establishing a trans Neddy....

New man at the top

2 4) for FTA NEW PRESIDENT of the Freight Transport Association is 46-yearold Malcolm Banks, group traffic manager of the...

WE'JSTM NSTEI 5

HAUL THF. OLD place will never be the same again! Tuesday and Thursday mornings without Standing Committee B working away on...

Still not happy

NATIONAL Freight Corporation chairman Sir Dan Pettit is not at all happy with Government proposals to return Freightliners to...

*cord FTA

inner

CENDANCE at the Freight nsport Association's anLI dinner, at the London on Hotel on Monday, ribered a record 1,000 — More...

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Nlo steer From rear

ALING magistrates are to ?cide if a self-steering axle is A r t of a vehicle's steering /stem in a case which could aye wide...

Hestair award

HESTAIR Dennis is among 107 recipients of awards made under the Queen's Award to Industry scheme for export achievement...

Load taken off

FREE financial guarantees are being offered by Pickfords Removals to families moving abroad. The scheme works in conjunction...

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' PEOPLE ; Retiring after 48 years Wilf Bates, North Western BRS

managing director, retires this month after 48 year , : service in road trans. port, The company's erlgineoring director, Ian...

Brakes appeal fails

The Transport Tribunal considered an appeal against an earlier judgment by the Scottish Licensing Authority to suspend a...

IFF to improve

He told a press conference in London that the Institute was planning to improve membership services and to strengthen...

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labbath sack or sect man

)RIVER who was dismissed by North Eastern British Road Services Ltd because his religious ids interfered with his duties has...

RENCH ROAD BANS

IE FRENCH authorities have published details of lorry bans public holidays during 1978. They are as follows: 3aturday. April...

£110,000 order

RICHARDSON'S of Oldbury has won a £220,000 order for 12 Leyland Clydesdale skip lorries with Edbro equipment. They will be...

Immediate entry

BIRMINGHAM-based Hanger Investments Ltd has taken over Stoke-upon-Trent truck hirer VH Self Drive Ltd. The E1.95 million deal...

Franchise launched

RENWICK'S Commercials of Plympton is DAF's main commercial vehicle dealer for Devon and Cornwall. A display of the range was...

New dealer

CLEVELAND Vehicle Engineering Ltd is the new Fiat commercial vehicle main dealer for North East England. The company,...

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Rigid gets new option

ERF has started production of its new "M" series. The first vehicles off the assembly lines are 16-ton rigids. • Two engine...

NEW BREED OF DIESEL ENGINE

THE HIGH bmep (brake mean efficiency pressure) engine is its way, according to Roy Kamo of Cummins. At the conferen on...

GEARSTICK SHIFT

OPERATORS of top weight Saviem tractive units are now being offered the choice of either floor or column mounted gear changes...

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Penalty fare soon?

PENALTIES may soon be imposed on bus passengers who over-ride or evade payment of fares. A Conservative amendment to the...

Bus tours: no future?

"TRENDS in Scottish Tourism" was the subject of the paper presented at the annual conference of the Scottish Council of the...

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rakiug ag dew

he opinions expressed in your ditorial of February 3 must ause concern to many in the 'ansport industry. Essentially, ihat you...

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One

upmanship John Wells tells me that early indications are that our Driver of the Year competition entry is 30 per cent up on...

HAVING THEIR DAY

Glasgow PTE had its transport open day last week and I'm told it was the big attraction that had been predicted. About 50,000...

Loud and Clear

British Rail's almost indecent haste to get their hands 1 Freightliners, aided and abetted by Bill Rodgers, h prompted one of...

Rather roguish turn of phrase

Bernard Levin is not everybody's favourite. He's the chap with an incisive turn of phrase wt writes for The Times. There was a...

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Volvo's tipper in Wessex work -out

In operational trial by Stephen Gray HE Volvo F86 can be found Milling many transport roles from maximum weight .unking down...

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Telehoist's tippers get more push

IARROGATE this year sees the launch of a new style of body Dr rigid tippers in the 24 to 30-ton bracket. Telehoist, the...

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Flexible, Light and Arong...

tILADEN weight down, yload up: that is the simple uation that has been exerting the minds of tipper orators — and others — ice...

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bur Edbro listributor ationwide.

gclon, Oxon. Steventon Engineering LE& , in Trading Estate, Tel: 689. • iley, 5th. Yorks. Northumbrian Metal Ind. :iss Keys...

A chance for own account operators

OWN-ACCOUNT operators have come off best in CM's Livery Competition. Unlike the first four classes, they have the chance to win...

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Golden rules for tipper workshops

Start off clean and keep it tight — it's an investment. lain Sherriff describes how to design and run a workshop DESIGNING a...

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Irs can be beautiful

AMEY Roadstone Corporation Limited has won CM'S first-ever livery competition for tipping vehicles. ARC submitted two entries,...

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The 1978 Historic Commercial Vehicle Run from Battersea Park to

Brighton is being sponsored by Fodens Ltd. Not surprisingly, therefore, there will be a record entry of steam wagons trundling...

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DIMPLE MECHANICS

CLUTCHES -2 N ,4,74,„„ptor MANY of the lighter hides the coil springs used force the clutch pressure ite tight against the...

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KNOW

By Les Oldridge, T.Eng (CEI), MIMI, AM I RTE LOST AND FOUND The Public Service Vehicles (Lost Property) Regulations 1934...